Wetlands, forests and other green spaces are the original water infrastructure. For the first time, they can now be financed through bonds – just like other built infrastructure such as treatment plants and dams.

Spotlight

India’s Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

Montek Singh Ahluwalia — a key figure in India’s shift to a sustained, high-growth path — delivers a major public lecture describing the opportunities and challenges in the country’s transition to a high-efficiency, low-carbon economy.

This paper from Portfolio Carbon Initiative — a partnership between WRI, 2DII and UNEP-FI — assesses the metrics that can be used to assess a bank’s contribution to the climate solution or climate problem, compares them, and makes recommendations for choosing metrics based on asset class.

World Resources Institute (WRI) announced a $2.3 million grant from the IKEA Foundation to bring clean electricity to a combined 1 million people in India and East Africa. The funding will help integrate affordable, reliable and clean electricity for all – an inaccessibility for more than 1.1 billion people worldwide.

Wetlands, forests and other green spaces are the original water infrastructure. For the first time, they can now be financed through bonds – just like other built infrastructure such as treatment plants and dams.